Hauling Cattle | John Deere 7600 Pulls The Featherlite

[@jeffjones47]

Glad that you weren’t hurt seriously. I think everyone that deals with cattle have a crazy one or two to deal with.

[@michaeldecheck7004]

My worst injuries growing up was from cutting calves in the winter. I feel your pain brother.

[@zach_hewitt]

"She's going to the sale barn"~ and that should be the End of the Story!

[@clinthochrein888]

Whew! That was a a close shave with the cattle.

[@kevinwillis9126]

Glad to know your ok Ryan. Thanks for sharing..

[@ElCorozo]

it´s nice to see again that 7600 in action!

[@daleley7645]

Glad you weren't beat up too bad. Cattle can be unpredictable and dangerous, which you all know. The crazy one should've stayed on the trailer right to the freezer. Good video as always.

[@rodneysanders5092]

Your videos still bring light to a gloomy day

[@chunky_mcnuggetsjr9213]

We've had some trouble some cows too, about 10 years ago we had a Brahma mix and we were trying to put a band on her calf. She ended up running over my grandma stomping her and chasing her underneath the truck! We sold her the next time there was a sale.

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

Prayers for safety and success. Good health and God bless you all.

[@rogerfuhr8067]

Life is too short to deal with crazy cattle. Ship her.

[@bionic8085]

"check to make sure the fencer is working" HEY ALESHA!

[@clinthochrein888]

I’ve been down that road before.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Same way you check to see if the lawnmower has spark... "Here lil' bro, hold this" (then pull the rope as hard as you can) LOL:) OL J R :)

[@jamiefrench9023]

That checking fence looks like a great job for the intern.. just saying gotta earn your way from intern. Lol good update

[@thomasleonard1846]

Rural King sells a tester for electric fences, doesn’t stress circuit boards!

[@lukestrawwalker]

Best thing you can get is one of them "flasher" units... Gallagher makes one (among others) that you just clip on the hot wire and then push the ground probe down into the soil. It uses the fence power to energize a coil inside it and flashes a big LED button/lens every time the fencer pops... put it on the wire where you can see it from the house and you can check the fence by looking out the window any time day or night and know if it's hot... If it's flashing, IT'S HOT! We put two on our perimeter fence; one by my driveway so I can see it anytime I come or go from the house, and the other over at my brother's place so he can see it from his back porch or kitchen window... sure saves a lot of guesswork and they're not that high... Since I connected all the barb wires together to the ground rod and connected that to my Parmak mains charger, I just clip the flasher unit onto the hot wire, then wedged the "ground probe" between the steel fence post and wire real tight... works great and don't have to worry about the little ground wire getting pulled out or the little metal soil probe corroding... I've had the same flasher unit on the fence about 10 years or so now still works like a champ! OL J R :)

[@brittblanton8342]

Hey Ryan the easiest way to check your electric fence is use a screw driver or a hammer to see if will jump fire to your steel post. The cattle look great seems like there is always one nut case in every herd 👍

[@charleslynch7274]

Glad to see your ok Travis almost had it coming to him as well scary stuff when working with cattle that people don't realize

[@athumblessman]

That herd mentality is one of the more dangerous aspects of dealing with cattle. People don't seem to realize just how dangerous cattle can get when you get one crazy one in a group like that. Glad to hear you're doing okay from that hit though! I was always told that the one you get hit by always ends up the best tasting...just saying lol. Thanks for the update! Keep up the great work as always

[@lukestrawwalker]

Good joke but usually the crazy ones like that end up as "dark cutters" and the meat isn't worth eating. Neighbor of mine had one like that wily old b!tch when they were selling out soon as they'd try to bring them up to the pen she'd raise her tail perk her ears and head for the creek bottom/back 40... Tried several times never could get her last load they took (over a few weeks/months time) she ran for the hills and so she was the last one left. His old man took the 30-30 down there and shot her "fixed that problem" then they strung her up behind the house and bled her out and butchered her... Wrapped all the meat and put it in the freezer and figured they were set for beef for awhile. Started pulling some out of the freezer to cook and it was just terrible-- meat was dark and strong bitter flavor. That's a dark cutter... every piece of meat they tried over several batches was the same way, so they ended up hauling it all down to the woods and dumping it for coyote/buzzard bait. I read an article in Stockman Grass Farmer magazine about that years ago. Basically 'nervous" cattle (crazy ones) get SUCH an adrenaline rush that they just go berserk. The adrenaline instantly burns off the most readily available stored energy (marbling in the meat) and the adrenaline remains until it's burned off metabolically in the body; if the animal is slaughtered before the adrenaline rush is burned off the meat is dark and gamey or stinks, and it remains when it's cooked making it basically non-edible. The article was about how you had to make sure you had cattle with good temperaments, not nervous or crazy, to avoid the problem as much as possible, and that grassfed abattoirs (slaughterhouses) needed to have a very quiet, peaceful, open handling system free of stress on the cattle, so they didn't get "worked up" or become nervous, which would cause an adrenaline rush, because unlike corn or grain fed beef which the animals have tons of fat and marbling in the meat, grassfed is much leaner and you have to protect the marbling that IS in the meat because if they have an adrenaline rush it will burn that marbling up very quickly. Makes sense. Later! OL J R :)

[@lifeonamanitobafarm6485]

Glad, you are okay. We all learn to respect cattle. Stay safe, we enjoy your video's.

[@milesdevlin1823]

7600 is a great tractor love to see it work

[@ivanvankeulen5214]

12:10 i don’t know why but I had to laugh when I saw you running 😂

[@bobohm21]

They have a name for the nutcase cows - "Steak"

[@bradcarby3765]

Agreed. If we have a particularly troublesome beast we just put it in the freezer. Its so good to have a calm herd and one animal can fuck it up.

[@michealfarley9423]

For sure! Lots of steaks n great time for extra burger for chili!!!

[@leighcowley9869]

I wouldn’t want to eat her. I remember we had a cow that we could not keep in. So we tired a yoke on her neck. That slowed her down for a day. My dad said let’s put her in the freezer. Little did I know that we had to put a chain around the freezer because she kept getting out of that. Now I had a cow that was more wild than that one. I told my dad that we needed her in the freezer. I got her in on my horse but I could not get her up the chute into my bob tail truck. She just kept charging. So I told my wife that I would let let her chase me up the chute and I would jump over the front and out. My wife said no. I said you drop that gate. So I got her attention and here she came. I ran up the loading chute with her breathing down my shorts. I jump but was helped by her and cleared the front and landed on the top of the cab. She tried to follow but didn’t make it. I drove her to the butcher. And two weeks later we were eating some of the toughest meat I have ever eaten. She was a four year old as well. She lasted a long time.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@leighcowley9869 Yeah them crazy ones are usually what the packers call "dark cutters". I read an article about it years ago in "Stockman Grass Farmer" magazine (which is for niche producers raising grassfed beef, which I was curious about at the time). Basically the crazy ones are crazy because they very easily have an adrenaline rush. The adrenaline rush gives them extra speed and strength, which is a normal physiological reaction to stress or fear, but it's bad news in a meat animal. Not only are they hard/impossible to handle, make the rest stressed and skittish because of the "herd mentality" and "fight or flight" syndrome, but it ruins the meat of the animal itself. What happens is, the adrenaline rush burns up the first/easiest energy supply it comes to, which is the fat stored in the muscle (meat) otherwise known as "marbling". The marbling exists in the meat as a quick/easy source of readily available energy if the animal DOES have to run away or fight, like in response to a predator or whatever (in the wild). Once the marbling is burned up (very quickly) it takes a LONG time to get it back. Plus, unless the animal has several hours to a day to "burn up the adrenaline" and get it out of its system, the adrenaline remains in the body and contaminates the meat. Studies they've done have shown that meat from easily excitable or "crazy" animals is tough, dry, stringy, and, if the animal is slaughtered while still in an adrenaline rush, will have a bitter, gamey, or stinky taste/smell to it, even after cooking. The raw meat will appear "dark" or a darker color than meat from a "normal" animal. The bus mechanic at the school where I used to drive school bus was a buddy of mine, and he told me about one they had... crazy cow that soon as you started rounding them up to move them to the pen, she'd perk her ears up and raise her tail and take off like a deer for the back 40 or the woods or whatever... Well, they only had a few head and decided to sell out because their fences were 50 years old and falling apart and didn't really want to mess with cows anymore and over a few months time they'd periodically round up a few head and take them to the sale. Every time this crazy cow would turn tail and head for the woods. Last load they rounded them up she dashed for the woods so they loaded up what they had and hauled them to the sale barn. Got back home his Dad grabbed the 30-30 and rode down to the woods and shot her in the head, then they got the tractor and front end loader and strung her up in the tree and butchered her, like they had a number of cattle over the years since they put their own meat in the freezer, so they knew what they were doing. Cut her up wrapped all the meat and loaded up the freezer figured they were set for beef for awhile. Well, every time the old man pulled out some steaks or a roast or whatever and cooked it, it always was tough as shoe leather, gamey, and tasted like bitter sh!t... They'd end up throwing it out. After several tries with it ALL turning out like that they finally just loaded it all in the back of the truck and hauled it down to the woods and dumped it for coyote/buzzard bait... the meat stunk and tasted SO bad and was tough and dry and just worthless. Wasn't an old cow or in bad shape either, she was a nice healthy cow, just crazy and hard to deal with. SO yeah he said after that if they ever had any cattle again and had one like that they'd just shoot the d@mn thing and leave it for buzzard bait; not worth the trouble of messing with them. Later! OL J R : )

[@timothybailey7118]

Worked the Sale Barn 3 days a week during High School. I wish I had a buck for every time I got snap kicked. Usually heifers were the wild ones. Saw one blackey jump a 6 foot wooden gate. I feel ur pain. 😢

[@willcurtin3037]

Love the vids Ryan keep up the great work.👍👍 your my favorite channel

[@ronaldjennings8057]

I like your new lectric fence And I'm glad you're okay You're right that cow is nuts And I like your new fence Looks good Take care God bless🙏🐂

[@4thgenerationdairyfarmer48]

Still can’t believe you have over 1000 videos your my favorite keep it up 👍

[@nathan43164]

You should get a fencer with a solar panel on it, we’ve ran the same one for 5 years now and it still yeets the heck out of new steers

[@stevenironside4648]

Yep got to get rid of them psychos. We have a bull we are trying to get to the Auction. Wether he will get there or the freezer is hard to tell yet. But just like you said that one wild one makes it impossible to be even around the cows. As ive noticed whenever i catch the cows without him, they are pretty calm and a pail of oats settles them down. When hes there its absolute chaos, animals running everywhere.

[@cmusic52]

lol Travis at about 12:35, That can be arranged, reminds me of that quote from The 3 Musketeers by Cardinal Richelieu

[@memyselfandifarmer]

same fencer i have, good stuff. i just re did my fence, ripped out tractor supply junk post. pound in good post. TIP= the star insulators are junk, i take the thick corner insulator , 20", cut into 4 " and use them on all the post for a great , thick insulator. dogs are the best.

[@doclull1989]

Hey Ryan, hope you're feeling better. Don't you know the ground is harder in the winter lol.

[@hfff1]

You beat me to the auction action! You should have ridden it first, that would have been prime YT content.

[@jeremymaschke8654]

And that's what make cattle taste so good!

[@tractorsold1]

We generally used a tall piece of grass to check our electric fence. But sometimes we could just tell by opening a gate after rain.

[@chrisshetler1719]

best thing to do with 'psycho' cows is turn them into hamburger.

[@simpsonfarms6492]

I agree

[@daltonengel3327]

I recommend the Gallagher fault finder to check the electric fence because it tells you how hot it is and tells you if you have fault from the charger

[@fazerainbow5674]

Great video Ryan hope you are ok you got couple mad crazy cows lol thumbs up and shared

[@Puck_and_plow]

Keep up the good work

[@ginggur17]

Not a fan of electric fencing testing lol. Bad memories as a kid stepping over one lol, in the ‘tinkly’ area! I never forgot that strangely enough. 😂😂😂😂😂😱😱😱😱😱🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@gungadin6889]

I like 15 ga galvanized barb wire for winter cattle, cuts through winter hair much better when they get to pushing against the fence. More money but lasts much longer. The sharp barb points really burn the juice into them, seen bulls messing with the fence get knocked to their knees. Nice condition on the winter cows and feeders. Wild Angus, they can even put holes in HD Carhartt coats.

[@tiger5551]

Excited to see the new paint job

[@gregroling2973]

Enjoy watching your videos and notice you are using a super sort paddle for sorting cattle. The company i work for in DeWitt IA blowmold the paddle pretty awesome to see thing I make in action

[@chucklesx]

Yup, cattle are big fluffy teddybears until they are not. Then you find out really quickly that are far bigger, heavier, faster and harder than we are... :-) But all joking aside I actually have a friend who's father was killed in a very similar situation. They were letting cattle out of a shed, he opened the gate and stood behind it, one of the cattle slipped on the concrete yard fell into the gate bursting it backwards. It knocked the man backwards on to the concrete, they were not sure whether it was the gate hitting him or his head hitting the concrete but he did not survive it. All it takes is split second for things to go from fine to hell in a hand basket.

[@SimonKL11]

Crazy cows are always dangerous. Glad too see that you are ok👍

[@martymurphy7477]

Ryan, your right, one "wild animal" will turn the herd into wild ones as well

[@jeffreyhouston2043]

It's always hilarious hearing ryan scream like a little girl. Our neighbor had crazy cows like that, he chased them with a 4 wheeler too, lol.

[@JohnDoe-jq5wy]

Looks nice....when the temperature is 70 degrees make for a happier day on the fence

[@brayloncrank6873]

Great video Ryan!

[@ianhaggart1438]

Keep up the good videos. I know that feeling to well when getting rugby tackled by a cow. It's maybe made me overly cautious but I feel people around me are safer because of it. handling systems for Livestock can save your and others life's. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👌 👍

[@christophernava7396]

I remember grandpa was trying to move cattle and one of them kicked him in the eye. He had a shiner from it to.

[@SlipShodBob]

"Doesn't hurt" was the same thing my brother said when he got the wooden spoon to the back of the hands, the belief of someone who says that here no is low.

[@thedieselmechanic9459]

another great video

[@terrymyers4040]

Great video. Keep u the good work!!!

[@darrellhewlett3547]

Same fencer I've got! It usually reads 12.9- 13 also and it hurts like hell. You get a steer to touch it and they will be bellering! Lol

[@jamiemcdonald1089]

Those are great fencers. They just don’t like water. I put a clear garbage bag over it.killed off two b4 I learned my lesson!

[@lukestrawwalker]

Yep anything that spooky/crazy goes straight to the sale barn... not worth keeping them around because if you got one spooky cow they stir the others up then you got ten spooky cows... same as fence breakers/jumpers... one does it the rest start getting "I can do that too" and then you got a h3ll of a mess. Easier to just send them down the road the hamburger grinder calms them right down LOL:) OL J R :)

[@jeffc6268]

Cattle can get pretty scary. I've had them come after me while on the tractor.

[@Derek_00Mustang83]

My dad had a bull that used to play with our case scoop tractor. Once he started picking the front end up he went down the road!!!

[@hturbo1007]

We always use our knives to check electric fences. The handle is insulated.

[@jolietjohn8024]

I seem to recall being in the wrong place at the wrong time in a similar fashion to your encounter when I was 12(?), broke my wrist. Next year, different yard, other wrist.

[@marykaywohlert9228]

Our Boxer won’t jump up on our bed I have to lift her to. Hope you can get a better sorting system stay safe.

[@parlainthtownie85]

5:05 Those are some fine lookin' Insulators.

[@robertcowden9484]

You can use the cheapest fence charger its how you place your ground rods

[@lucaslex9327]

Did your Dad grow up on that farm on the corner of US-61 and Abing road with the barn and harvestore silos that got torn down? I thought you said that and one point.

[@Cowboy_145]

Well I know one way to test it... my uncle found out one day when he was a kid why to never pee by the pasture fence

[@jamiemiller6156]

I always preferred to have my brother around to test fences. Grab the brother by the arm and then grab the fence.

[@karlrovey]

So there is some reality to the book, "How Angel Peterson got his name."

[@jimf-150]

Lol I did that as a kid

[@Blackwellll3066]

Electric fence, crazy cows yall getting in some sketchy ways to get hurt lol great video

[@michaelsurratt9593]

Feel better soon. I am Not a farmer. When I was a younger man, Many, Many years ago, I did farm work and any other work I could get. I learned that cows can be cranky and dangerous. I much prefer eating beef than "dealing" with them. Hang in there.

[@JohnDoe-jq5wy]

You can use a t-post for ground. The charger will do 5 miles....so route it where you need power in the feed lot area

[@lukestrawwalker]

Depends how you do it. Technically speaking you're supposed to put in like 3 ground rods about 5-6 feet long (deep enough to be in perpetually moist soil) about 3-5 feet apart, and wire them together to the ground system of the charger. Of course this is relying on the "earth" to complete the circuit and shock the cattle, which on dry ground means they might not get much of a shock at all. I managed to get one ground rod in our hard clay after drilling a post hole as deep as I could and driving it through the bottom of that and backfilling, but I decided since my fence was mostly steel posts and steel corners to make the entire fence the ground... I ran the hot wire inside all the way around the farm and then hooked the ground wire of the charger directly to the barb wire itself AND to the ground rod... That way, if the animal touches just the hot wire, they get zapped through their feet into the ground, so long as there's enough ground moisture to carry the electricity. If it's REALLY dry and the cow isn't getting much of a shock through her feet to ground, if she's touching the wire and gets close to the fence behind it, it will zap her REAL good when she contacts both wires, as the barb wire or steel posts will conduct the electricity directly back to the charger ground terminal, instead of relying on the "earth" to complete the circuit... even if she just touches the hot wire, the current path would be through her feet to ground, up the closest steel post, and down the barb wire back to the ground terminal on the charger. Path of least resistance. It's worked great for over a decade like that, and they don't even THINK about touching the fence... I run a Parmak mains charger, don't remember the joule rating on it, but it's for 100 miles of fence and we've got 2.5 miles, so it pretty much stays at 10,000 volts all the time. Lowest I've seen it is 4,000 volts in really wet, foggy weather with a lot of grass grown up under the fence, so a lot of voltage leaks... soon as it dries out it comes right back up! Later! OL J R :)

[@johnwarren-649]

He'd be hamburger really fast at my place cause he'd eat a 223

[@leol1682]

Like the video guy's and take care .

[@patkelly7999]

Oh steak sauce for that animal Ryan, mad in the head for sure:):)

[@josephmelson7591]

Good video please make a video when you load and sell the two crazy cattle .. After you get the two crazy cows gone buy some the Purina cubes and feed some them not every day but feeding those 2-3 days a week you woud be surprised how fast they will gentle down .

[@mh73020]

Do you have lights on the back of the trailer? I mean when you have it hooked to the tractor?

[@ronniewalker2881]

good job good video

[@mentallyfitfamer9192]

Now that was a little scary!

[@waterskiingfool]

Temporary cord. A year later maybe we should finish that. Lol

[@genechronister7085]

Another great vid!

[@anderleof]

True cattlemen......😂😂 Keep yelling travy!

[@josephbrinkley7572]

Eat the mean one. Sweet revenge. 😆 Florida Joe

[@watomb]

The crazy cow would be funny to watch it react to halter.

[@berttucker2885]

why not get a gallagher s40 portable solar charger. we use them they work awesome we get like 200 rain days here a year and they keep charged on there own

[@noahschoenike2412]

Ghaliger is a great brand for electric fences

[@salahuddinayoubiayoubi4865]

Hello brother love u your videos

[@RKHarm24]

Ryan, You still have a BULL or not after the 1st was returned?

[@Pinziee]

How many HP has the 7600? Hope you are alright now , greetings from Belgium

[@arnoldromppai5395]

this is why all my cows heifers and steers get a small bucket of grain one or 2 times a week, all i have to do is go in were i want each group to move into, with a bucket of grain and call them, they can be way out in the bush or back in a field and they will all come running in to me.. for the grain treat, it is only me my self an i. so i have to do what works with no work.. last June i was put pritty much out of service after one of my steers that was booked in for butcher in Feb past, broke 2 of my ribs in my lower right side of my chest, i was unable to get any thing done at all last summer du to it. luck everyone was out in the feilds for the summer, so i didnt have to do anything for them. as i have auto water tanks every were. but i had pigs in the bush to feed, was hard getting my truck down to them to feed them but water was not a problem,, a line is down there

[@busterbailey5559]

Great job u too LOVE the video

[@danieldzurko8053]

Why will your operation maintain multiple cattle places after you guys did a great job with renovating the one at your farm?

[@danieldzurko8053]

@@johnhaas2523 Oh, ok thank you

[@neverlookback5922]

Hey Ryan I was watching a old video from 4 years ago do you still use your pellet stove. I just recently got one.

[@augustreil]

I've had a U.S. Pellet Stove for the last 17 yrs or so and aside from a few fan changes and normal maintenance, seems to work pretty good. It does make the first floor feel like a furnace blast chamber though !! A good quality pellet can make all the difference in performance, try a few different ones. I use Hamers Hot Ones.

[@paulhudson8321]

Nice way to ruin nice new gates is when a wild steer jumps over one and crushes it down if they don’t clear it. Lots of fun trying to straighten them. Is that limousine bread you have? They can get wild when trying to move them or tag them.

[@jasonnichols70]

Is that the end of your bull fighting career lol

[@shakerLT]

Hereford Bull × black cows = Tame black bladie calves

[@jaredandabbie]

Are your herd numbers growing?

[@wyattwilliamson3044]

Another great video as usual! Keep it up and stay safe👍

[@dennisloeffelholz6608]

It only takes one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@randykov]

Crazy cow makes tasty hamburger !

[@viktoradamson3363]

Cool men

[@CornBoi-zk8ef]

That Can be arraigned! - 3 musketeers

[@larrybg9293]

Be safe

[@charleswilson6069]

Holy Hannah. Dat's one mucking futz animal you got there dude. As someone else said ,,, best cure ,,, why steak of course. Med rare if you please sir.

[@MJBgaming.]

Thank goodness you are okay. When you screamed I thought you were hurt badly. You should turn that cow into a good juicy steak

[@jeffkuipers1030]

i know what"s for dinner tonight t bone and ribeye.